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CBS says Letterman signed into 2015

By Staff, Associated Press

Posted:
10/04/2013 01:33:50 PM MDT

In this Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013 photo provided by CBS, actor Robin Williams, left, joins host David Letterman on the set of the â œLate Show with David Letterman,â in New York. CBS says Letterman has signed a contract extension to remain host of the "Late Show" into 2015. (AP Photo/John Paul Filo) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO ARCHIVE; NO SALES; NORTH AMERICAN USE ONLY (John Paul Filo/AP)

CBS says David Letterman has signed a contract extension to remain host of the "Late Show" into 2015.

The deal keeps Letterman on the air well beyond the exit of rival Jay Leno, who is being replaced next winter at NBC's "Tonight" show by Jimmy Fallon.

Letterman joked on Friday that he had a lengthy talk with CBS president and CEO Leslie Moonves and that "we both agreed that I needed a little more time to fully run the show into the ground."

Letterman already has the longest tenure of any late-night talk show host in U.S. television history, 31 years and counting since he began at NBC in 1982.